Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings

Cricket Records in 1970s in Test matches

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
AG Hurst	26	23	2	1	113.04	Australia	v India	Brisbane	02 Dec 1977	Test # 809
CH Lloyd	163	149	22	2	109.39	West Indies	v India	Bengaluru	22 Nov 1974	Test # 745
IT Botham	137	152	10	5	90.13	England	v India	Leeds	16 Aug 1979	Test # 853
APE Knott	81*	91	9	0	89.01	England	v India	Bengaluru	28 Jan 1977	Test # 794
DI Gower	82	94	10	2	87.23	England	v India	Lord's	02 Aug 1979	Test # 852
B Yardley	61*	70	9	1	87.14	Australia	v India	Eden Gardens	26 Oct 1979	Test # 859
PH Edmonds	27*	31	4	1	87.09	England	v India	The Oval	30 Aug 1979	Test # 854
DF Whatmore	77	91	14	0	84.61	Australia	v India	Delhi	13 Oct 1979	Test # 858
IT Botham	33	39	4	1	84.61	England	v India	Birmingham	12 Jul 1979	Test # 851
APE Knott	75	90	13	0	83.33	England	v India	Delhi	17 Dec 1976	Test # 788
APE Knott	29	35	4	0	82.85	England	v India	Bengaluru	28 Jan 1977	Test # 794
APE Knott	26	33	3	0	78.78	England	v India	Lord's	20 Jun 1974	Test # 740
Zaheer Abbas	40	51	0	0	78.43	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	21 Nov 1979	Test # 861
APE Knott	90	116	11	1	77.58	England	v India	The Oval	19 Aug 1971	Test # 692
JR Thomson	41*	53	4	2	77.35	Australia	v India	Brisbane	02 Dec 1977	Test # 809
GA Gooch	83	109	13	1	76.14	England	v India	Birmingham	12 Jul 1979	Test # 851
Wasim Raja	94*	124	5	1	75.80	Pakistan	v India	Kanpur	25 Dec 1979	Test # 866
DI Gower	200*	279	24	0	71.68	England	v India	Birmingham	12 Jul 1979	Test # 851
APE Knott	35	50	3	0	70.00	England	v India	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1972	Test # 706
IT Botham	38	55	4	1	69.09	England	v India	The Oval	30 Aug 1979	Test # 854
Asif Iqbal	55	80	7	0	68.75	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	21 Nov 1979	Test # 861
APE Knott	56	84	9	0	66.66	England	v India	Brabourne	06 Feb 1973	Test # 711
RW Tolchard	26	39	5	0	66.66	England	v India	Wankhede	11 Feb 1977	Test # 795
GJ Cosier	67	101	9	0	66.33	Australia	v India	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977	Test # 812
CM Old	28	43	6	0	65.11	England	v India	Brabourne	06 Feb 1973	Test # 711
P Willey	52	80	8	0	65.00	England	v India	The Oval	30 Aug 1979	Test # 854
Asif Iqbal	26	40	3	0	65.00	Pakistan	v India	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
RA Hutton	81	125	13	0	64.80	England	v India	The Oval	19 Aug 1971	Test # 692
AR Border	44	68	4	0	64.70	Australia	v India	Bengaluru	19 Sep 1979	Test # 856
IVA Richards	130	203	21	0	64.03	West Indies	v India	Port of Spain	24 Mar 1976	Test # 774
KWR Fletcher	51*	80	5	0	63.75	England	v India	Birmingham	04 Jul 1974	Test # 741
AL Mann	105	165	10	0	63.63	Australia	v India	Perth	16 Dec 1977	Test # 811
AI Kallicharran	98	155	16	0	63.22	West Indies	v India	Chennai	12 Jan 1979	Test # 841
DL Amiss	46	73	7	0	63.01	England	v India	Delhi	20 Dec 1972	Test # 703
DL Amiss	188	303	29	0	62.04	England	v India	Lord's	20 Jun 1974	Test # 740
GJ Cosier	34	55	0	0	61.81	Australia	v India	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977	Test # 812
Wasim Raja	36	60	4	0	60.00	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	21 Nov 1979	Test # 861
KJ Wright	55*	92	6	0	59.78	Australia	v India	Delhi	13 Oct 1979	Test # 858
JA Jameson	28	47	2	0	59.57	England	v India	Manchester	05 Aug 1971	Test # 691
AI Kallicharran	187	315	25	0	59.36	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	01 Dec 1978	Test # 835
PM Toohey	83	140	7	0	59.28	Australia	v India	Perth	16 Dec 1977	Test # 811
AW Greig	106	180	8	1	58.88	England	v India	Lord's	20 Jun 1974	Test # 740
Zaheer Abbas	50	85	6	0	58.82	Pakistan	v India	Delhi	04 Dec 1979	Test # 863
Imran Khan	30	51	4	1	58.82	Pakistan	v India	Delhi	04 Dec 1979	Test # 863
Asif Iqbal	38	65	5	0	58.46	Pakistan	v India	Delhi	04 Dec 1979	Test # 863
BW Luckhurst	101	173	10	1	58.38	England	v India	Manchester	05 Aug 1971	Test # 691
PM Toohey	82	142	11	1	57.74	Australia	v India	Brisbane	02 Dec 1977	Test # 809
RW Taylor	64	112	9	0	57.14	England	v India	Lord's	02 Aug 1979	Test # 852
IT Botham	36	63	3	0	57.14	England	v India	Lord's	02 Aug 1979	Test # 852
Wasim Raja	97	174	15	0	55.74	Pakistan	v India	Delhi	04 Dec 1979	Test # 863
KJ Hughes	80	144	8	0	55.55	Australia	v India	Wankhede	03 Nov 1979	Test # 860
APE Knott	45	81	7	0	55.55	England	v India	Chennai	14 Jan 1977	Test # 793
MH Denness	35	63	6	0	55.55	England	v India	Delhi	20 Dec 1972	Test # 703
N Phillip	26	47	3	0	55.31	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	01 Dec 1978	Test # 835
JA Snow	73	132	6	0	55.30	England	v India	Lord's	22 Jul 1971	Test # 690
WM Clark	33	60	3	0	55.00	Australia	v India	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977	Test # 812
AR Lewis	125	228	16	1	54.82	England	v India	Kanpur	25 Jan 1973	Test # 709
JH Edrich	59	108	7	0	54.62	England	v India	Manchester	05 Aug 1971	Test # 691
G Miller	63*	116	5	0	54.31	England	v India	Birmingham	12 Jul 1979	Test # 851
PM Toohey	57	105	7	0	54.28	Australia	v India	Brisbane	02 Dec 1977	Test # 809
Majid Khan	40	74	6	0	54.05	Pakistan	v India	Delhi	04 Dec 1979	Test # 863
D Lloyd	214*	396	17	0	54.04	England	v India	Birmingham	04 Jul 1974	Test # 741
JA Jameson	82	152	10	2	53.94	England	v India	The Oval	19 Aug 1971	Test # 692
Javed Miandad	76	141	8	0	53.90	Pakistan	v India	Bengaluru	21 Nov 1979	Test # 861
KWR Fletcher	97*	180	10	4	53.88	England	v India	Chennai	12 Jan 1973	Test # 708
HA Gomes	63	117	8	0	53.84	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	01 Dec 1978	Test # 835
MH Denness	118	220	12	0	53.63	England	v India	Lord's	20 Jun 1974	Test # 740
AR Border	54	101	8	0	53.46	Australia	v India	Eden Gardens	26 Oct 1979	Test # 859
WM Darling	39	73	5	0	53.42	Australia	v India	Eden Gardens	26 Oct 1979	Test # 859
KJ Hughes	64*	120	7	1	53.33	Australia	v India	Eden Gardens	26 Oct 1979	Test # 859
JH Edrich	100*	188	9	1	53.19	England	v India	Manchester	06 Jun 1974	Test # 739
JH Edrich	96	181	13	0	53.03	England	v India	Lord's	20 Jun 1974	Test # 740
GG Arnold	27	51	4	0	52.94	England	v India	Brabourne	06 Feb 1973	Test # 711
MH Denness	100	189	10	0	52.91	England	v India	Birmingham	04 Jul 1974	Test # 741
KWR Fletcher	28*	53	5	0	52.83	England	v India	Manchester	05 Aug 1971	Test # 691
DL Amiss	47	89	5	0	52.80	England	v India	Manchester	06 Jun 1974	Test # 739
AW Greig	41	78	4	1	52.56	England	v India	Chennai	14 Jan 1977	Test # 793
AMJ Hilditch	85	162	9	0	52.46	Australia	v India	Delhi	13 Oct 1979	Test # 858
Asif Iqbal	64	122	6	1	52.45	Pakistan	v India	Delhi	04 Dec 1979	Test # 863
AL Mann	29	56	1	0	51.78	Australia	v India	Brisbane	02 Dec 1977	Test # 809
DL Bairstow	59	114	8	0	51.75	England	v India	The Oval	30 Aug 1979	Test # 854
CG Greenidge	107	208	14	2	51.44	West Indies	v India	Bengaluru	22 Nov 1974	Test # 745
G Miller	27	53	3	0	50.94	England	v India	Leeds	16 Aug 1979	Test # 853
AW Greig	148	291	24	0	50.85	England	v India	Brabourne	06 Feb 1973	Test # 711
Javed Miandad	64	126	7	0	50.79	Pakistan	v India	Wankhede	16 Dec 1979	Test # 865
Wasim Raja	61	121	8	0	50.41	Pakistan	v India	Delhi	04 Dec 1979	Test # 863
RB Simpson	100	200	6	0	50.00	Australia	v India	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978	Test # 816
CS Serjeant	85	170	8	0	50.00	Australia	v India	Melbourne	30 Dec 1977	Test # 812
BL D'Oliveira	30	60	4	0	50.00	England	v India	Lord's	22 Jul 1971	Test # 690
APE Knott	67	135	9	1	49.62	England	v India	Lord's	22 Jul 1971	Test # 690
AW Greig	67	135	7	0	49.62	England	v India	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1972	Test # 706
RB Simpson	176	355	17	0	49.57	Australia	v India	Perth	16 Dec 1977	Test # 811
DF Whatmore	54	110	7	0	49.09	Australia	v India	Delhi	13 Oct 1979	Test # 858
AW Greig	53	108	2	0	49.07	England	v India	Manchester	06 Jun 1974	Test # 739
KJ Hughes	100	204	10	1	49.01	Australia	v India	Chennai	11 Sep 1979	Test # 855
DR Parry	55	114	4	0	48.24	West Indies	v India	Wankhede	01 Dec 1978	Test # 835
GN Yallop	60	125	5	0	48.00	Australia	v India	Wankhede	03 Nov 1979	Test # 860
G Boycott	31	65	4	0	47.69	England	v India	Leeds	16 Aug 1979	Test # 853
GA Gooch	31	66	3	1	46.96	England	v India	The Oval	30 Aug 1979	Test # 854
G Dymock	31*	66	4	0	46.96	Australia	v India	Delhi	13 Oct 1979	Test # 858

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Strike rates listed for matches only where balls faced are available
Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Australia v West Indies at Melbourne, 2nd Test, Dec 29, 1979 - Jan 1, 1980 [Test # 867]

India v Pakistan at Kanpur, 4th Test, Dec 25-30, 1979 [Test # 866]

India v Pakistan at Wankhede, 3rd Test, Dec 16-20, 1979 [Test # 865]